Understanding the Pfas Pollution in Chièvres: Insights from Walloon Minister Céline Tellier

2023-11-12 17:54:18

On Tuesday, the Walloon Minister of the Environment, Céline Tellier, will be expected in committee to provide further explanations on the pollution of drinking water by Pfas in Chièvres. Article reserved for subscribers Journalist at the Powers pole By Stéphane Vande Velde Published on 11/12/2023 at 6:54 p.m. Reading time: 3 min

The revelations of the RTBF show, Investigation, on the pollution of the distribution water in Chièvres by Pfas, these perfluoroalkylated and polyfluoroalkylated chemical substances, continue to shake Céline Tellier (Ecolo), Walloon Minister of the Environment. On Friday, Céline Tellier had already had to react to the existence of two letters (March 2022 and January 2023) from her Flemish counterpart, Zuhal Demir, also sent to the Walloon Minister of Health, Christie Morreale (PS), and to the minister Brussels Health and Environment Commissioner, Alain Maron (Ecolo), indicating a too high concentration of Pfas in the water sent from Wallonia to the municipality of Halle. Tellier had recognized the existence of these two letters, counter-attacking by saying that he had provided a positive collaborative response, but that Demir had never followed up.

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